Prevalence of abuse and intimate partner violence surgical evaluation (PRAISE) is the largest prevalence study done so far in orthopaedics. Orthopaedic surgeons should be confident in the assumption that 1 in 6 women have a history of physical abuse, and that 1 in 50 injured women will present to the clinic as a direct result of intimate partner violence (IPV). These findings warrant serious consideration for fracture clinics to improve identification of, respond to, and provide referral services for, victims of IPV.
The Lancet (6/12)
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the leading cause of non-fatal injury to women worldwide. Musculoskeletal injuries, which are often seen by orthopaedic surgeons, are the second most common manifestation of IPV. We aimed to establish the 12-month and lifetime prevalence of IPV in women presenting to orthopaedic fracture clinics.
Methods
The PRAISE team of 80 investigators did a cross-sectional study of a consecutive sample of 2945 female participants at 12 orthopaedic fracture clinics in Canada, the USA, the Netherlands, Denmark, and India. Participants who met the eligibility criteria anonymously answered direct questions about physical, emotional, and sexual IPV, and completed two previously developed questionnaires (Women Abuse Screening Tool [WAST] and Partner Violence Screen [PVS]). We did a multivariable logistic regression analysis to investigate the risk factors associated with IPV.
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